Describe the main features of the 'Salt March,
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Features of Salt March:
1. Gandhi started the march with 78 volunteers after Lord Irwin ignored his letter that had the demand for the abolition of the salt tax.
2. The march covered 240 miles over 24 days starting from Sabarmati to the Gujarati town of Dandi. Gandhi was accompanied by thousands.
3. He reached Dandi on 6th April, manufactured salt from the sea water and violated the law.
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- (i) Mahatma Gandhi started his famous 'salt March' or 'Dandi March' on 11th March 1930 accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers.
- (ii) The march was to cover 240 miles from Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati Coastal town of Dandi.
- (iii) On 6h April 1930, he reached Dandi and ceremonially violated the law by manufacturing salt by boiling sea water.
- (iv) This marked the beginning of Civil Disobedience Movement.
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